Record ID: HESH-122311
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A provincial 17th century farthing struck by the cloth merchant or tailor Lawrence Ambery of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Obverse: A pair of shears Inscription: LAWRENCE AMBREY Reverse: initials L A within field Inscription: OF . TEWKESBVRY Williamson: 171
Created on: Thursday 4th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyonshall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-1FAF0D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy token farthing struck by Thomas Seabourne in 1652. Obverse: The arms of the city of Hereford without shield (three lions guardant passant) THOMAS SEABOURNE Reverse: Initials T S within a ring of pellets IN HEREFORD 1652 Williamson (vol 1 282: 31) notes that this is the earliest of the Herefordshire token series and notes that Thomas Seabourne was one of the justices of the Peace for the city of Hereford. He was Mayor in 1649 and part of 1648 and owned two properties: one in the Wigmarsh Ward and another in the Weybridge Ward. This token was discovered …
Created on: Friday 19th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-388D7D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn and eroded copper alloy 17th century provincial token / Bristol Farthing. The coin is heavily worn and corroded and very little detail is visible. Obverse: Field: initials C B with possibly a date below. Inscription: [A BRISTOLL F[RTHING] Reverse: Field: lost completely - originally the Arms of Bristol - Ship issuing forth from a castle Inscription: [THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL] Reference: Williamson Vol 1 page 241
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Birch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-431A42
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy farthing of Bristol dated 1660. The token is heavily corroded and the obverse is indistinct. On the reverse are the initials CB with 1660 underneath, the surviving legend is ... STOLL Other similar tokens have the following obverse and reverse descriptions: Obverse in field a large CB with 1660 below, inscription: [A BRI]STOLL [FARTHING] Reverse: Ship issuing from a castle inscription: [THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL] Diameter 20.7mm, thickness 1.2mm and weight 2.1g. Reference: Williamson Volume 1: page 241 Gloucestershire: 16-17
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2017
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-42AB02
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by the Corporation of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Williamson (1967, 182) Dorset nos 91-92, dated 1669 (on token). It measures 20.3 mm in diameter, 0.7 mm in thickness and weighs 1.8 g
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WAW-8C59C7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (mid 17th to late 17th century) trade token. The token is in poor condition so the issuer is not visible. Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and business proprietors began issuing tokens as an alternate coinage with equivalent denominations of a farthing, half penny or penny. Such trade tokens rarely travel far from their place of issue and provide an insight to the trade of the time. In 1672 regal copper coinage was introduced and the trade tokens were …
Created on: Monday 8th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2016
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Record ID: WAW-DDD7B5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval trade token: Obverse: AT THE RAVEN (Raven): Reverse: KIDERMVNSTER 16[ ] (R/MB). Williamson Vol. 3, p. 1276, No. 64. An unidentified 17th century trade token. Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and business proprietors began issuing tokens as an alternate coinage with equivalent denominations of a farthing, half penny or penny. Such trade tokens rarely travel far from their place of issue and provide an insight to the trade of the time. In 1672 regal cop…
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-E3E671
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded and eroded copper alloy farthing of post medieval date - most probably from the reigns of either James I or Charles I (1603-1649 AD). The only possible diagnostic feature is a saltire cross on one face - which might be all that remains of a pair of crossed sceptres positioned across a crown
Created on: Thursday 23rd May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hereford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-00F891
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy 17th century provincial token / Bristol Farthing. The coin is heavily worn and corroded and very little detail is visible. Obverse: Field: probably initials C B with date below. Inscription: [A BRIS]TOLL F[ARTHING] Reverse: Field: Arms of Bristol - Ship issuing forth from a castle Inscription: THE A[RMES O]F BRISTOLL Die Axis: 6 o'clock Reference: Williamson Vol 1 page 241
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Saturday 16th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-636148
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy 17th century provincial token / Bristol Farthing dated 1652 Obverse: Field: initials C B with date 1652 below. due to an area of corrosion it is impossible to varify an R below Inscription: A BRISTOLL FARTHING Reverse: Field: Arms of Bristol - Ship issuing forth from a castle Inscription: THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL Initial Mark on obverse / reverse: 5 pointed Star / flower Die Axis: 6 o'clock Reference: Williamson Vol 1 page 241: cat no 12 or 14
Created on: Friday 16th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-0ACD90
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy 17th century provincial token / Bristol Farthing dated 1660 Obverse: Field: initials C B with date 1600 below. A small initial R is positioned below the 6. Inscription: A BRISTOLL FARTHING Reverse: Field: badly worn Arms of Bristol Inscription: THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL Initial Mark on obverse / reverse: 5 pointed Star Die Axis: 7 o'clock Note: the token is pierced through upper field using a square shaped punch Reference: Williamson Vol 1 page 241: cat no 17
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Under Penyard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-07EA50Z
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A seventeenth century copper alloy (copper) farthing of uncertain date, probably of either James I - Charles I (1602-1649). The coin is heavily corroded
Created on: Monday 26th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staunton-on-Wye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-7F7574
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Bristol token Diameter 21mm, Obverse: C B / 1652 Obverse inscription: A BRISTOLL FARTHING Reverse: Port broadside partial view of a three-masted ship under sail and a fort Reverse inscription: THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL Condition: poor
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LUGWARDINE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-606121
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Farthing token of Charles I. Heavily worn and so most detail lost. 1625-1636 North 2275-2286
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.